Actress Jane Fonda has revealed she is a rape survivor and suffered sexual abuse as a child.

The two-time Oscar-winner said she was also fired once because she refused to have sex with her boss.

Fonda, 79, made the revelations in an interview with Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson to mark International Women's Day on March 8.

She told The Edit magazine: "To show you the extent to which a patriarchy takes a toll on females, I've been raped, I've been sexually abused as a child and I've been fired because I wouldn't sleep with my boss and I always thought it was my fault - that I didn't do or say the right thing.